The Kydd inheritance - Jan Jones

Secrets and skulduggery in Regency England! Nell Kydd's father is dead, her brother Kit is missing, and her loathsome uncle is wrecking the family estate with his mismanagement. Add a perturbing lack of funds, an unwelcome proposal of marriage, and a mother who lives in a reality of her own, and it is easy to see why Nell is at her wit's end. Cue the arrival of the unsettling Captain Hugo Derringer: an old school friend of Kit’' who blows hot, then cold, and is discovered at odd times?in odd places?asking some very odd questions. How far can Nell trust him? The Kydd Inheritance is a prequel to Fair Deception, which was shortlisted for the RNA Love Story of the Year 2010.